JUSTICE Minister Princess Kasune says the suspension of three judges is for their own good because it gives them an opportunity to be exonerated by the Judicial Complaints Commission. However, the suspended Constitutional Court Judges have sought leave of the court to apply for judicial review of President Hakainde Hichilema’s decision to suspend them. On Monday, President Hichilema suspended Constitutional Court Judges Anne Sitali, Mungeni Mulenga and Palan Mulonda following the recommendation from the report presented to him by the Judicial Complaints Commission. On Wednesday, constitutional lawyer Tresford Chali dragged the Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) and the state to the Constitutional Court, seeking an interim order to stay President Hichilema’s decision to suspend the three Constitutional Court judges. Speaking when...

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